Flower Garden Afghan

Last updated on March 30th, 2025 at 09:23 pm

Use this free vintage crochet pattern to make an afghan of 266 flowered motifs, each one centered in a square. The finished squares are joined together in 14 rows to form a “flower garden” of blooming colors.

This design, from J&P Coats and Clark, is a vintage crochet pattern dating from about 1952.

Finished size is approximately 48 x 64 inches.

You might also like to see the Colonial Charm crocheted afghan with a two-motif floral pattern and unique edging. It originally appeared on the same page in the vintage Afghans booklet and is reprinted here. The vintage Little Dorrit Afghan pattern also has a bright and beautiful floral motif design.

Flower Garden Afghan
Supplies:

• 34 skeins (l oz. “Tangle-Proof Pull-Out Skeins) of No. 491 Pearl Grey
• 10 skeins of No. 230 Yellow
• 12 skeins of assorted colors
• Clark’s O.N.T. Plastic Crochet Hook No. 5

Gauge: Each motif on this afghan measures 3 1/4 inches square.

Vintage Crochet Pattern Instructions:

Motif: (Make 266)…

Starting at center with Yellow, ch 4.

1st Rnd: 15 dc in 4th ch from hook. Join with sl st to top of ch-3.

2nd Rnd: Attach desired color to same place as sl st, ch 3, holding back on hook the last loop of each dc, make 2 dc in same place, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (cluster made), * ch 3, skip next dc, 3-dc cluster in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join to tip of first cluster. Break off.

3rd Rnd: Attach Grey to any sp, ch 3, 4 dc in same sp, 5 dc in each remaining sp around. Join.

4th Rnd: Ch 5, dc in same place as sl st, * ch 1, skip next dc, half dc in next dc, (ch 1, skip next dc, sc in next dc) twice: ch 1, skip next dc, half dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, in next dc make dc, ch 3 and dc. Repeat from * around. Join and break off.

Sew motifs neatly together on wrong side, having 14 rows of 19 motifs.

Border …

1st Rnd: Attach Yellow to any corner, ch 3, 4 dc in same corner, dc closely around, making 5 dc in each corner, join and break off.

2nd Rnd: Attach Grey to same place as sl st, ch 3, dc in each dc around, making 5 dc in center dc of each 5-dc group. Join and break off.

Block to measurements.

Source: J & P Coats Clark’s O.N.T. Afghan Book No. 289, Afghans, originally designed for Chadwick’s Red Heart Yarns. First Edition, July 1952.